To support the Republican party in the 21st Century is to be either completely ignorant of, and uneducated about, the history of regulations, education, labor laws, geopolitics, etc... or to be too racist, narcissistic, authoritarian or fascist to care about any of that... or to be just plain stupid.
Most Americans fall into the ignorant/uneducated camp, and are being actively brainwashed by the narcissists/fascists. They're "shocked" to learn the consequences because they're ignorant/uneducated.
You must be American so I'll help you out.
The imagery is made up! Ice hockey is not an accurate depiction of these animals behavior either FYI.